Anyone else NOT voting today?
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Nope, they haven't earned my vote, they need to try harder.
We should be able to vote for policies from each party not vote for the party itself.
MW
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im sure someone said you can take them to the polling station
While I agree in principle and obviously it gets a more democratic result, I think the votes of people who wouldn't vote given the choice are essentially null votes anyway, if forced to vote for a party they're going to just tick any box rather than making an informed decision.
As two of the parties have said that they would like reforms in voting procedures I can only hope that voting becomes a legal requirement.
All they need do is add a "None of the above" box to the paper - those that really have no opinion can just place their mark in that box.
An alternative option was to pay everyone £5 to vote and again adding the "None of the above" option.
Turn-out is actually expected to be around 60% so as elections go that isn't too bad.
But those 40% of people who didn't vote could have totally changed whatever tonight's result is.
All they need do is add a "None of the above" box to the paper - those that really have no opinion can just place their mark in that box.
An alternative option was to pay everyone £5 to vote and again adding the "None of the above" option.
Turn-out is actually expected to be around 60% so as elections go that isn't too bad.
But those 40% of people who didn't vote could have totally changed whatever tonight's result is.
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For those not going to vote 'nothing worth voting for' etc...
At least go along to your polling station and 'spoil' your ballot paper.
This way, they know people are physically going to vote, but there's nothing worth voting for.
At least go along to your polling station and 'spoil' your ballot paper.
This way, they know people are physically going to vote, but there's nothing worth voting for.
Me. Only because I have not been send a voting card to my current address or home address. IMO voting should be done online on a secure site after a quick registration and entering your passport number for confirmation. This way everyone would get a vote and it would be easier to see country statistics such as areas where people vote for who (whom?) For those people who dont have the Net then librarys or other places could be used
No idea why I havent been sent a card or anything
No idea why I havent been sent a card or anything
They already have areas, they're called wards and constituencies
If none of the parties seem to fit your ideas then you could at least vote for the party that wants to change the voting system. Then maybe next time we will have a worthwhile vote.
I agree with the general feeling here all the likely parties will have to take the same actions in the short term.
I don't like the way we vote or the way government is selected, we are supposed to vote for a local representative who will take our needs to government. However we end up voting for a party and having to abide by that parties ideals.
I also have a problem with the goings on in parliament especially the so called 'debates' - what a bunch of children!
My policy this election has been to first and foremost NOT vote for any existing MP, then at least there would be some fresh blood.
I can't wait for Saturday when it is hopefully all over.
Andi.
I agree with the general feeling here all the likely parties will have to take the same actions in the short term.
I don't like the way we vote or the way government is selected, we are supposed to vote for a local representative who will take our needs to government. However we end up voting for a party and having to abide by that parties ideals.
I also have a problem with the goings on in parliament especially the so called 'debates' - what a bunch of children!
My policy this election has been to first and foremost NOT vote for any existing MP, then at least there would be some fresh blood.
I can't wait for Saturday when it is hopefully all over.
Andi.
As PlumpMonkey said earlier, you can spoil your ballot intentionally if you want, and spoilt ballots are counted.
I would like to see a similar situation to Australia, compulsory voting, but a the fine for not is only small AU$ 20. They get up to 95% voter turnout there.
In my area the polling stations is so quiet that you wouldn't think there is an election going on. I can see one polling station from my window as I sit here now and there hasn't been anyone in there since at least 10am. This does include at least 500 people walking past there since. I might be safe to say that voting is not a popular thing to do in North London. Personally, I have socks to wash and need a haircut, so I'm giving this vote a miss.
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I'm certain that's the driving reason behind why people on here vote. So at least when it all invariably goes **** up they can come back on here and bitch about it.
Why do people keep saying this, intentionally spoiling your ballot is valid and has the same effect.